OPINION-ASEAN | ACADEMIA – Why ASEAN should remain center stage
Leaders of ASEAN and its dialogue partners link hands during a photo session on Nov. 4, 2019 during the 14th East Asia Summit, held on the sidelines of the 35th ASEAN Summit in Bangkok, Thailand. (AFP/Manan Vatsyayana)
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ASEAN celebrated its 55th anniversary earlier this month, at a time when the world was confronting its worst crisis.
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A series of ministerial meetings within ASEAN and with the group’s dialogue partners were held in Phnom Penh to address the crisis and its impacts on the region.
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Needless to say, ASEAN is facing an uphill battle.
While a worsening political and humanitarian crisis is unfolding in Myanmar, multidimensional challenges stemming from the COVID-19 pandemic and rising tensions in the Indo-Pacific are coming to the fore at the same time.
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It is, nevertheless, fair to look at ASEAN from a “glass half full” perspective.
Those challenges are indeed unprecedented, _and have therefore put the group’s effectiveness and relevance to the test.
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Only through stronger and consistent resolve, as well as stronger unity and centrality, can ASEAN prevent tensions from exploding into a military conflicts.
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Ngurah Swajaya
The Jakarta Post
Tue, August 30, 2022
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